adj
(of a surface) Covered (with a liquid) to the point that it drips; having a liquid dripping off it.
adj
Covered (with something that droops); having something drooping over it.
n
A small drop of water or other liquid.
v
(transitive) To dribble upon.
v
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
n
A hard battering of rain.
adj
(of soil) Susceptible to drifting.
n
Alternative form of dewdrop [A droplet of water formed as dew.]
n
A droplet of water formed as dew.
n
Pronunciation spelling of drop. [(pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).]
v
(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
adj
(informal) Involving or suited to dipping.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form.
v
(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
v
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
v
(UK, dialectal) To drench with water.
n
(countable) A small amount of a liquid.
n
Alternative form of driblet [A small portion or part.]
v
(intransitive) To drown.
v
(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
v
To dry by hanging up wet.
v
(figuratively) To dispense or dole out in very small portions over a period of time.
n
A dripping; something that drips.
v
(intransitive) to dribble briskly; to drip with wet
adj
Dripping or tending to drip.
n
Alternative form of dribs and drabs [A series of negligible amounts.]
v
(transitive, intransitive) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
v
(transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
adv
(archaic) By drops or small portions.
n
One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
n
Something dropped; a droplet.
adv
In drops; one drop at a time.
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
v
(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
n
(dialect) A very heavy rain.
v
(chiefly US slang) To leave; to rush off.
n
Synonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”)
n
Emergence, especially from the water.
v
(transitive) To variegate or spot, as with hail.
adj
(Scotland) (of rain) Heavy.
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To drown.
v
(transitive, also figuratively) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
adv
(obsolete) Drop by drop; one drop at a time.
n
(in combination) A drop (in temperature).
v
(transitive) To pour or serve something with a ladle.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
v
(simile, informal) To be very leaky.
adv
(US, of raining, pissing, etc) Heavily, copiously, with a great deluge.
v
(idiomatic) To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity.
v
To fall like a fine rain; to drizzle.
v
To flow sinuously; to seep or ooze;
v
(transitive) To fall on or spill over so as to cover (something).
n
Outlet for escape of excess material.
v
Humorous euphemism for piss down (rain heavily).
v
To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
v
(impersonal) To rain hard.
v
(transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
n
(usually uncountable) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).
n
A source, especially a spring.
v
(transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
v
(impersonal, idiomatic) To rain very heavily.
n
(idiomatic) In social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable.
v
(idiomatic, dated, rare) Alternative form of rain cats and dogs [(impersonal, idiomatic) To rain very heavily.]
v
(idiomatic, transitive, usually in the passive) to cancel (an event) due to excessive rain
v
(idiomatic) To spoil someone's celebration.
v
(of a game, match, picnic, etc) To be cancelled due to rain.
v
(idiomatic) to rain heavily.
v
Alternative form of come down in stair rods [(impersonal, UK, idiomatic) To rain heavily in long streaks.]
v
To take a raincheck on; to postpone.
n
(countable) Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.
n
(idiomatic) A difficult period of need, when things do not go right.
v
(intransitive, cooking) To have fat drip off meat from cooking.
n
Synonym of Rupert's drop
v
(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
v
(intransitive, dialectal) To drop, as water; trickle.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
v
(intransitive) To slop or drip slowly.
v
(intransitive) To flow, pour.
v
(now dialectal, intransitive) To fall heavily.
n
(by extension) A sudden rush or increase.
n
A moment, a short period of time.
v
To cause to fall by drops.
adj
Falling in drops; drawn by a still.
n
Water falling in drops, especially in a row from the eaves of a roof, or from icicles or stalactites.
n
Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
n
The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall. (Note that once detached from a surface, a drop changes shape to become spherical).
v
To pour (especially with rain)
n
A drop of water formed by melting snow or ice.
n
(architecture) A drip or dripstone.
n
(US, regional, idiomatic) A very heavy downpour of rain.
v
(transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
adj
Alternative spelling of trickle-down [That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.]
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.
v
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
adj
(slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
v
(nonstandard, transitive) To make wet; to wet
v
(UK dialectal) To pour water on; pour in.
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